Wrapper for sugar units and like articles



Oct. 11, 1932. A. DIENST ET AL WRAPPER FOR SUGAR UNITS AND LIKE ARTICLES Filed July 7, 1931 mm. V

NTM E MM w 14/ Patented Oct. 11, 1932 UNITED STATES .PATEN. OFFICE;

ALEXANDER DIENST, OF HOLLIS, AND JACOB J. NEUMAN, OF JAMAICA, NEW YORK WRAPPER FOR SUGAR UNITS AN D LIKE v.AR'JJIIICIIHES Application filled m 7, 1981. Serial No. 551,680.

This invention provides for the wrap ing of sugar units or bodies and other small e ible articles usually sold in a paper wrapper or vthe like, which is not removed until the article is to be consumed.

The purpose and object of the invention are to provide for such units or bodies an improved paper vvrapper or covering, the invention relating more particularly to the opening of such wrappers or coverings and to a construction of means whereby to facilitate the removal of the same.

The invention has for an object the provision of a sanitary measure, devised to avoid contact b the fingers with the enclosed edible article, uring the process of removingthe wrapper and freeing the article. According to my invention, by tearing the wrapper along separating or perforated lines, a gap will be produced between spaced opposing portions of the wrapper, makingway for the relinquishment and hence the escape of the article without seizing or touching the article by the fingers.

It is also an object of the invention to provide awrapper in which the article, while enclosed therein, may be broken into separated parts, and in which the separating or perforated lines of the wrapper are so arranged and related that one of the broken ofl parts can be released fo'rescape from the wrapper for immediate use, whilezth'e other of the broken off parts will be retained in the wrapper and protected thereby until it is to e used. g The nature of the invention, its eneral principles and objects above referre to, as well as other objects and advantages, and the manner in which the new and novel features of construction and operation may be embodied in practical form and means, will be hereinafter more fully described, with reference to the examples illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which stock blank embodying our invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the wrapper covernig a unit or block of spgar: Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the central portion of the wrapper torn along the sepa- Figure 1 isa plan view bf a wrapper orratin or perforated lines and leavin a betw en the end sections, g gap Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the torn wrapper after the sugar block has been relinquished thereby;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of the wrapper; I

Fig. 6 is a perspective view, showing the wrap er of Fig. 5 covering half of a sugar bloc the wrapper being torn along the separating lines, and that portion of the wrapper which contained the removed half of the sugar unit, being shown in dot-dash lines;

Fig. 7 is a glen view of another form of the wrapper; an

Flg. 8 is a perspective view, showing the parts of the wrapper of Fig. 7 which result from first folding the wrapper of Fig. 7 on a sugar unit and then for the release of the umt, tearing the wrapper along the separatm lines.

y referring to Figs. 1 to 4,0f the drawing, it will be noted that the invention is disclosed as embodied in a wrapper or covering 10, the component parts of which need not be entirely separated in order to relinquish the sugar unit or block 11. 5

As shown in Fig. 1, the blank or stock wrapper 10, consisting of paper or the like, is produced with two perforated lines 12, 12 in spaced 0 position, such lines extendin from one en 13 toward the opposite end 1 but terminating a distance from the latter as at points 15, 15, so as to leave an unperforated region 16 adjacent the end 14. The perforated lines 12, 12 are parallel with each other and with the longitudinal ed cs 17 17 of the blank. They are spaced from each other a distance s'ufiicient to provide a relatively wide centralsection 18 between side sections 19, 19.

This wrapper, thus formed with perforated lines 12 12, is folded upon the sugar block 11 in'wellown manner. It is'of such dimension with respect to the dimensions of the block and is so wr 1 ped around the block, that region 16 and in close proximity to the top front corner A. Between the ends 14 and 13, the wrapper extends entirely around the unit, crossing the corners A, D, C and B, with the front portions of the sections 18, 19, 19 overlying the unperforated portions 16 at the top of the unit. At each of the two opposite ends of the unit, an end closure is produced according to a common mode of folding, the portion 20 being lapped from one direction over the portions 21, 21 turned inwardly from oposite directions, and then the portion 22 is apped over the portions 21, 21 and 20, said portion 22 being folded inwardly "from the direction opposite to that from which the portion 20 is folded. Said overlapping portions are suitably gummed or provided with suitable adhesive in order to secure them to ether and thereby secure the cover in proper folded condition upon the unit. Under this arrangement, the parallel separating or perforated lines 12, 12, extending from the front end ,13 to the points 15, 15, extend well around the unit, crossing the corners B, O and D, with the said points 15, 15 located between the corner D and the corner A. In this way the unperforated region 16, crossing the corner A, lies in partupon the top of the unit and in part at the front side of the unit (as viewed in Figs. 2 and 3).

With this construction and mode of wrap-- ping, by inserting the finger or fingernail under the front end of the central-section 18, and upon peeling or tearing said section 18 along the perforated lines 12, 12 to the points 15, 15, a relatively wide gap will be left between the side sections 19, 19,'which side sections are intact with the end closure so as to produce thereby box-like end sections E, E,

which remain connected only by the unper-- fora'ted region 16. Thereupon, by moving one of the box-like end sections E outwardly and laterally from the other, the sugar unit will be relinquished to fall from the opened wrapper and into any receptacle over which it is held. In peeling or tearlng loose the central section 18, the article may be conveniently held by seizing an end ortion which ultimately constitutes a box-l1 e end section E and retaining the same in the fingers until the necessary movements are effectuated for causing the relinquishment of v tral section 24 from relatively wide side sec .the enclosed sugar unit. Therefore, in tearing off the wrapper or covering, it is unnecessary for the fingers to come in contact with the sugar unit. i

In Figs. 5 and 6, we illustrate a modified construction in which the stock blank is provided with similar parallel separatingior perforated lines 23, 23. In this instance, it will be noted that these lines are relatively close together, separating arelatively narrow centions 25, 25. This form of wrapper is folded u on the sugar unit in the same way as the orm above described, and with the narrow ribbon-like central section 24 passing around the sugar unit at the mid-length thereof. The purpose and object of providing this narrow ribbon-like central section 24 are to enable the breaking of the sugar unit into two substantially equal parts or fragments, one for immediate use while retaining the other in the wrapper for subsequent use. In this connection it will be noted that the central ribbon-like section 24 serves as an indicator for the breaking of the unit into the two fragments, which breaking operation is, of course, accomplished by the fingers and with the unit within the folded wrapper. The central section 24 may be..torn loose either before or after the breaking of the unit into its fragments; and the tearing loose of said central section 24 results in the provision of two opposing box-like end sections F, F, which remain connected only by the unperforated region 26, located between the inner extremities 27 of the perforated lines 23 and the end 28 of the wrapper. One of the fragments may be relinquished to fall from the wrapper by drawing one of the boxlike end sections F away from the other similar box-like end section; "and thereupon the two box-like end sections F, F may be closed together to cover and protect the remaining sugar fragment 29 until it is to be relinquished for use. It will be evident that these operations may be carried out without contact by the fingers with the unit.

In Figs. 7 and 8, we illustrate a further modification in which the parallel perforated lines 30, 30 extend the entire length of the wrapper blank 31, the said lines from the points '32, 32 extending to the rear end 33 along diverging lines 34, 34. The two continuous perforated lines 30-34, 30-34, provide for se arating thewrapper into three distinct an separate parts including a central section 35 and side sections 36, 36. The blank or covering 31, thus provided with the sections 35, 36, 36, is folded upon the sugar unit in the same manner as the forms of wrappers hereinbefore described, andin order to relinquish the sugar unit from the wrapper it is only necessary to tear the central sectlon 35 entirely away from the side sections 36, 36, with the result that the boxlike end sections G, G,will be completely separated. I v

It will be recognized that wrappings may be produced in accordance with our invention for employment as quick detachable proins away. It will also be recognized that wrappers may be produced in accordance with the present invention for wrapping cakes of soap.

Whilewe have illustrated and described our wrapper in connection with a rectangular sugar unit and by way of description have described the unit as possessing corners across which the separating or perforated lines extend, it will be recognized that the terms and expressions employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation; for it will be evident that our improved wrapper or covering with its perforated lines, may, without change in its working principle, or in the mode of its application to a small body, or in the mode of relinquishment of the small body upon tearing loose the central section from along the perforated lines, be applied with equal facility and with equal advantageous results to a round body lacking angular corners.

From the foregoing description, takenin connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be manifest that we have disclosed an extremely simple and thoroughly satisfactory form of wrapper which embodies the features enumerated in the statement of invention and as well in the foregoing description; and while we have, in the present instance, showed and described several simple and practical embodiments thereof, as reduced to practice, it is to the particular constructions set forth are susceptible of modification in various ways without departing from the spirit or scope of our invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

e claim t 1. A wrapper of the kind herein described for enclosing and supporting an article including a body portion having an intermediate portion provided with lines of perforations extending from end to end thereof to form three parts of the body portion, the lines of perforation extending from one end of the body portion in a straight line and then flaring out toward the corners at the other end of the body portion to form a substantially triangular tongue end on the intermediate portion, one end of the body portion including the tongue end of said intermediate portion being overlapped and concealed to form box-like sections at opposite ends of the enclosed object connected to the intermediate portion by said lines of perforations, said intermediate portion having a free end covering the overlapped end of the body portion to permit grasping of the same and tearing of the same from the box sections for therelinquishment of the enclosed article.

2. A wrapper for rectangularly shaped articles having a length of more than the circumferential length ofall sides of the article, and a width substantially equal to the length of the article and twice the height of be understood that the end portion, the length of the wrapper being adapted to enclose all sides of the article, upon folding over the same, and the width being adapted to be folded upon itself to form diagonal fold lines and joined by a suitable adhesive to form box-like sections at opposite ends of the enclosed article, the wrapper being provided along its longitudinal length with two substantially parallel perforated lines extending from the free edge to almost the other edge, the end of the part enclosed within the parallel lines beginning at said free edge being adapted for easy grasping thereof for separating the intermediate part along the perforated lines from the adjoining box-like sections, and expose the article, and upon completely pulling the intermediate part from the body portion, the box-like sections are left free and may be laterally removed from the article.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention, we have signed our names h reto.

e ALEXANDER DIENST.

JACOB J. NEUMAN. 

